Meaning

11 senses
  1. In marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.

    Flosse

    плавни́кplavník, ластlast

    ластlast

    the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

  2. A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.

    Flosse

    ластlast

    ластlast

    a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

  3. A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

    Flipper, Flipperhebel

  4. A small flat used to support a larger one.

  5. A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.

  6. (US, informal)Television remote control, clicker.

  7. (dated, slang)The hand.

    Flosse

  8. A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.

  9. A kitchen spatula.

  10. Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.

  11. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Put on your flippers.

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  2. Those fish keep charging me and snapping at my flipper.

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  3. Where are my flippers?

    ruГде мои ласты?

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  4. Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land and lack visible ear flaps.

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  5. I know how to swim with flippers, but I would like to try a monofin.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
marine mammal's wide limb for swimming:
Русский
By meaning 1
marine mammal's wide limb for swimming:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
marine mammal's wide limb for swimming:
flat lever in a pinball machine:

Origin

From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).

From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).

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Forms

plural: flippers
Singularflipper
Pluralflippers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater):fin

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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